| Final 15:30 | time | | | 1. Brian Hewson |  GBR | 3:41.9 | | | 2. Dan Waern |  SWE | 3:42.1 | | | 3. Ronald Delany |  IRL | 3:42.3 | | | 4. István Rózsavölgyi |  HUN | 3:42.7 | | | 5. Olavi Vuorisalo |  FIN | 3:42.8 | | | 6. Siegfried Herrmann |  DDR | 3:43.4 | | | 7. Zbigniew Orywał |  POL | 3:43.7 | | | 8. Stanislav Jungwirth |  TCH | 3:44.4 | | | 9. Ulf-Bertil Lundh |  NOR | 3:44.7 | | | 10.Michel Jazy |  FRA | 3:45.4 | | | 11.Lajos Kovács | HUN | 3:51.6 | | | 12.Olavi Salsola | FIN | 3:53.9 | |
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| History Men 1500m Hurdles | | World and European Record: Jungwirth (TCH) 3:38.1 | | Championship Record: Bannister (GBR) 3:43.8 - 1954 |  |
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Heats - Friday 22.08 17:45 | | First 3 to Final |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Olavi Vuorisalo | FIN | 3:40.8 | CR Q | | 2. Brian Hewson | GBR | 3:41.1 | NR Q | | 3. István Rózsavölgyi | HUN | 3:41.5 | Q | | 4. Arne Hamarsland | NOR | 3:41.9 | NR | | 5. Gianfranco Baraldi |  ITA | 3:42.3 | NR | | 6. Roger Verheuen |  NED | 3:43.0 | NR | | 7. Simo Važić |  YUG | 3:45.7 | | | 8. Rudolf Klaban |  AUT | 3:48.2 | | | 9. Cesáreo Marín |  ESP | 3:53.4 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Ronald Delany | IRL | 3:47.0 | Q | | 2. Olavi Salsola | FIN | 3:47.5 | Q | | 3. Ulf-Bertil Lundh | NOR | 3:47.8 | Q | | 4. Joško Murat | YUG | 3:48.2 | | | 5. Klaus Richtzenhain | DDR | 3:49.0 | | | 6. Ingvar Ericsson | SWE | 3:49.1 | | | 7. Alfred Langenus |  BEL | 3:52.5 | | | 8. Ernst Kleiner |  SUI | 3:53.7 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Dan Waern | SWE | 3:42.3 | Q | | 2. Siegfried Herrmann | DDR | 3:42.5 | Q | | 3. Lajos Kovács | HUN | 3:43.0 | Q | | 4. Stefan Lewandowski | POL | 3:43.2 | | | 5. Tomás Barris | ESP | 3:44.5 | NR | | 6. Mike Blagrove | GBR | 3:45.2 | | | 7. Alfredo Rizzo | ITA | 3:50.5 | | | 8. André Guilhaumon | FRA | 3:50.6 | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Stanislav Jungwirth | TCH | 3:49.0 | Q | | 2. Zbigniew Orywał | POL | 3:49.3 | Q | | 3. Michel Jazy | FRA | 3:49.5 | Q | | 4. Ionas Pipyne |  URS | 3:49.6 | | | 5. Mijndert Blankenstein | NED | 3:50.2 | | | 6. Dimitrios Konstantinidis |  GRE | 3:50.5 | | | 7. Svavar Markússon |  ISL | 3:51.4 | | | 8. Muharrem Dalkılıç |  TUR | 3:52.6 | |
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